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Get events happening at the Library automatically added to your calendar with our WebCal subscription feeds (.ics calendar feeds).
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… need to go to "other calendars" in the sidebar and add a new calendar "From URL." Google Support does note that this … your calendar. On Apple's Calendar program, go to File --> New Calendar Subscription in the toolbar. On Microsoft …
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… such as Virginia Robbins were considered clerks whose jobs were to dispense books requested by patrons, keep track … his School of Library Economy at Columbia College in New York. It wasn't until December 1901 that the MFL hired … in 1901 it was supplemented with a monthly Buying List of new titles. This list was so popular that surrounding states …
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"I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges, author
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… had free access to books in Italian and Yiddish in their new Neighborhood House Library. I smile in reverie as I … occurs fosters the same kind of affection for the new spaces that the old Carnegie Library still evokes. "The … often referred to as the "Patron Saint of Libraries," made new library buildings available to hundreds of communities …
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"You think your pains and your heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things…
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… My habitual browsing of "Best Seller Rental Books," "New Mysteries," "New Fiction," "New Nonfiction," "New Children's Books," and the common …
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"No person shall be allowed to handle the books upon the shelves." 1st rule published in the Catalog of the Madison Free Library-1877In my eighth grade social studies class, we discussed the…
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… of the same to the Librarian." By the time MFL opened its new Carnegie library in 1906, patrons had two library cards, … two weeks to four. In August 1912, the library issued a new special vacation card for patrons. Madisonians leaving town for an extended vacation could apply for this new card on which ten books could be borrowed and kept until …
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend; inside of a dog, it’s too hard to read." - Groucho Marx, comedianFrom 1947 through 1984, Madison Public Library librarians shared information and…
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… could have a copy, a circular letter with news, notes, new rules and miscellany because it was so difficult to get … 1954. In January of 1955 Circulating "D" News came under new authorship, put out three issues, and seems to have been … read as much as I did about what librarians do at their jobs." "I am going to be a librarian like you are. I have …
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"Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won’t come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn." - Leo Tolstoy, authorIn celebration of the 125th…
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… in the description of the results from the 1940 survey of new borrowers. The second collection of stories exemplify MPL … at Thompson are on work release and are driven to and from jobs in the nearby communities each day. These men pay a … release date approaches he vitally needs information on jobs and housing from newspaper want ads as well as current …
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What did you learn in school today, dearlittle child of mine?What did you learn in school today, dearlittle child of mine?I learned that war is not so badI learned about the great ones we have hadWe…
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… campaigns to support the wars. Library staff members added new materials to the collection and publicized war-related … Books were also bought." The library also purchased many new books related to the war, made available "war propaganda … Fats to Make Explosives" "Preparedness through Books" "War Jobs for Women" "Handbook of First Aid" "The Consumer and …
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"Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth by fighting back." Paul Erdos, mathematician
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… The proposal to build a Vaudeville house near the new library in 1906 produced a hostile reaction from the … standards for a librarian, when such reviews as the New York Times and the Saturday Review of Literature , the … in numerous places, including the Saturday Review, the New York Times, and the New York Herald-Tribune . How many …
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… to do it yourself... … Read the latest news from The New York Times , The Washington Post , etc. or check out recent issues of your favorite magazines like The New Yorker and Rolling Stone . … Call the reference desk at … Government Health & Medicine History Homework Help Housing Jobs & Careers Language Law & Legal Madison Area & WI Info …
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… at one of our nine libraries. Application Info Get a new card, renew/replace an existing one, or update your … physical locations or use the links below to apply for a new card, renew an existing Library card, update information …
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… browse recommended reads through our book lists or make new friends with our youth graphic novel club. For teens, … with some of these other ways your family can discover new things, explore online resources, and grow together at …
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Institute of Museum and Library Services Funding ThreatenedLast Friday evening, a new Executive Order was released entitled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, which calls…
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… Library Services Funding Threatened Last Friday evening, a new Executive Order was released entitled Continuing the … remotely, including Consumer Reports, Newspaper Archives, New York Times Digital, Kanopy, and more. … … … … …
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